Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve 6-10 Years

I didn't realize until after buying this that its a low ester Worthy Park offering, so its really nothing like a funky Jamaican rum, which is what I was expecting. However, its a very good rum anyway. Its dry and has a whisky like character to it, and is one of the better examples of whisky-like rum that I've tried.

I'm not very good at using words to describe the flavor, but I do get the banana influence. It has a fairly long finish and is very smooth for 45% ABV, and tastes like a lot of effort went into making a high quality product. I'm happy to see Mr. Rumantic also gave it the same rating as I did, and was able to elaborate more on the flavor profile that he perceived. He also mentioned that if being super-critical he might consider it to be a little too watery, I don't really agree with that, but I might understand what he means. The higher ABV and flavor profile might normally be associated with a more syrupy and velvety mouthfeel, but this is intense yet lighter bodied. Apologies if I mis-understood, but that's my take on it.

edit: after a bit of time to reflect on this, I'd have to say this rum is a bit one-dimensional and I lost interest in it pretty quickly as it sat on my bar along side 20 other rums. I blended in some Hamilton Pot Still Black to give it a bit more character, and I like it better after the blending. As a result I'm dropping my rating from an 8 to a 7. I get that it was never intended to be a Jamaican funk style, but I got bored with it so quickly for what it was that I needed to make it more interesting.

Pretty good smell and taste, absolutely caramelly and fruity. It was abit more stingy than I would like, and I did not enjoy it neat as much as I would have liked. Maybe I would have liked it better at ABV 40 rather than 45.

Bitter flower fruit and melases in aroma, burned wood, muscat nut, tobacco, ginger and pepper in the body; tail absent

Spiced oak and some banana on the nose. Clean and moderately flavorful. Slightly astringent on the mid-palate. Relatively simple flavor profile. Spicy finish.

Oh so good has that complex pot still taste with a peppery finish, has more caramel than its cousins from barrell jamaica.

This was a very smooth and tasty experience. Pleasure on the palate. Would and will buy again and so should you if you like dry rums.

Nose - smooth, little sweet, fruits notes, cocoa butter.

Taste - heavy, cocoa, caramel, fruits. Dry rum. Still pretty good.

This was an interesting taste. Sipped neap out of a plain rocks glass. A lovely nose of raw and candied ginger. Similar initial flavor as well as heavy raw peppercorns and cloves. And it's got a terrific acidic tingle initially as if it were high proof. But that quickly gives way to an unholy funk. The funk here tho... Man. It's like spoiled banana and is somewhere approaching unpleasant. I actually rinsed my mouth and drank some water while I let the glass sit. It didn't really make a significant difference. Still an amazing earthy spoiled funk in the finish. I'd like to experiment more but only received a tasting. Perhaps chilled or with ice. I wish this were a little higher proof as I think that might carry it better on the finish. This is nice. Good even. But that's as far as I'm willing to go.

after reading the reviews on this rum I had high hopes especially at 45 a bottle I was disappointed..no wow factor for me just a bit bland I think easy to drink not much burn but I think it's definitely overrated

Nose: Banana bread, oak, fresh cut grass
Palate: Oak, banana laffy taffy, brown sugar. Great oily mouthfeel
Tail: Medium tail, with flavors similar to the palate but slightly more bitter

Very tasty overall and not too fiery. Big fan.